The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-25

of the best roads running into Terre Haute.
1t runs through a very productive country and
passes through a number of good towns. On
the LIST of next month additional passenger and
freight trains are to put 90.
M. r. Maxwell who takes the agency of the
l. comes from the Peoria, Decatur d Evansville
road 1t is stated officially that Others on that
road are to be given positions on the L. T. d
W. system in the near future
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will com
mence sprnkling the streets for two squares each
way Virginia avenue this morning, at their
own expense. This is an example which other
wealthy railroad corporations, whose oepots are
on the principal streets, might well copy.
1t is stated that at time in the last ten
years have the freight equipments OF Western
lines been so largely at home and In local service
as at the present time. This, In great meas
ure, accounts for the handsome local earnings
which most of the Indiana roads are making
The Missouri Pacific people have proposed to
the L. ID. & 6 that they. in connection with the
Wabash. put on through line of parlor cars,
to run between Indianapolis and st. Louis, these
three roads to operate regardless of the move
ments of the lines which are doing the boycott
ing
The Indiana e. Illinois Southern Narrow gauge
Railroad Company are putting matters in shape
to convert the road into a standard guaee line.
They hope to accomplish the Improvement with
in the next sixty days This road is to be an i'm
portant link of the road projected from
Columbus. Ind. to St Louis.
E. W. McKenna has accepted the general
perintendency of of the most important
divisions of the Chicago, Milwaukee e. St Paul
road, and will take hold June l. Roswell
Miller, general manager of the road, wrote Mr..
Mckenna personal letter, rglng him to &C.
cept. offering him large salary for such posi-
ton.
d. B. Martin, general passenger agent of the
Bee-line. will furnish free transportation to Gin
cipnaGI Indianap polls to the ticket agents OF
his o.-n or other roads who have received anu
propose to accept the invitation of G. +. Atmore.
general passenger agent of the Louisville d
Nashville road, to attend the Mammoth Cave
excursion next Saturday.
The Indianapolis passenger rate-sheet suffered
its weekly revision yesterday. Changes
frequent that the best posted ticket agents are
unable to keep themselves well versed and free
from worry lest they have named the wrong
rate, and that some road will want them to put
I'D a half months salary to make a shortage
in receipts from the sales OF tickets
1t is highly probable that the c., l., st. L. &
c. will make arrangements with the American
Electric Headlight Company TO put their lights
on the passenger engines. Eight of these cleo
trio head lights have been run for the last
eighteen months on the c., A, & c. road and it
has cost more to keep them in order than to
keep the Westinghouse brake on their trains in
shape and the lights have invariably performed
to perfection.
President Laying. of the Bee-ine. has given
instructions that better class of passenger
equipments at once be placed on the Indianapolis
division Of the Bse-line proper and the /. d
St L. He strongly objects to running the best
coaches only on the Cincinnati division, as the
company have been doing for several years past
He expresses the opinion that the travel of the
st. Louis line needs fostering well as that of
the Cincinnati line.
Little is heard of the old railroad pools outside
Of the railroad officials, still there several
knotty questions to be settled before the con-
fusion is over. The Chicago pool has settled up,
except for March. The Cincinnati and Indian
apolis pools have settled percentages and paid
over balances, except for February and March.
The St Louis pool percentages are not yet ad-
justed for November and December of last year
and the first three months of 1887, and there are
many thousands of dollars at stake. When the
affairs Of the Peoria pool will be wound up is a
problem that railroad men are unable to solve.
The lines which are short are demanding an ear
ly settlement while the roads which are over in
the pool show a disposition to let bygones be by
cones. and this is likely at distant day to lead
to trouble, il not a on freight rates.
A veteran general passenger agent yesterday
expressed the opinion that the railroads
the verge of the uglest war passenger rates
that this country has ever seen. He says the
complications tnickening every day, and
showed telegram from one of the most i'm
portant roads. sent by it's general passenger
agent to him, reading: Pay no attention to the
circular just sent out by the Central Traffic As
ISOLATION. Sell tickets best you can regardless
of the orders of Commissioner Daniels" An
other telegram was received yesterday. stating
that within few days round trip tickets to all
points the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and
on the Union Pacific would be placed on sale at
one fare. Said the general passenger agent IF
this programme is carried out within two weeks
the roads will be slaugh tering rates in all di-
rectious. The dfferential rate question Is at the
bottom of the trouble and the weaker lines feel
that the strong lines disposed to drive them
out of the field, SO far as through business is
concerned"